Office: 4F, Building N
Tel.: 8590-2535
E-mail: bnlin@cityu.edu.mo
Academic Qualification
Doctor Degree Ph.D., University of Central Florida, USA
Master Degree MSc, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK
Bachelor Degree BSc, Huizhou University, China
Working Experience
From 2023/09 to present Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Tourism and Management,
City University of Macau
From 2021/01 to 2023/08 Instructor, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida
From 2019/09 to 2023/08 Graduate Research Assistant, Rosen College of Hospitality Management,
University of Central Florida
From 2018/01 to 2019/01 Assistant Officer, School of Hotel and Tourism Management,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Teaching Area
Tourism management
Hospitality marketing
Destination marketing
Research Area
Consumer behavior in tourism and hospitality
Destination marketing
Technology innovation
Tourism econometrics
Professional Certification and Awards
Certification:
- Certified hospitality educator (CHE), AHLEI, American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute
Awards:
- Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- University Award for the Excellent Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Central Florida
- Graduate Dean's Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Central Florida
- Etta Jean & Dr. Frank Juge Graduate Fellowship, University of Central Florida
- National Scholarship, Huizhou University
Professional Society Membership
Member, Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA)
Member, International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE)
Academic Publication
Journal Paper
- Lin, B., Wang, S., Fu, X., & Yi, X.* (2022). Beyond local food consumption: The impact of local food consumption experience on cultural competence, eudaimonia, and behavioral intention. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management,35(1), 137-158. (SSCI)
- Lin, B., Fu, X.*, & Lu, L. (2022). Foodstagramming as a self-presentational behavior: Perspectives of tourists and residents. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34(12), 4686-4707. (SSCI)
- Ridderstaat, J., Fu, X., & Lin, B*. (2022). A framework for understanding the nexus between tourism development and poverty: Application to Honduras. Tourism Management, 93, 104620. (SSCI)
- Pan, Y., Lin, B., Fu, X.*, & Huang, A. (2022). Determinants of destination choices of traveling for old-age resources: Evidence from Urban Older Adults. Journal of China Tourism Research, 1-21.
- Bu, N.T., Pan, S., Kong, H., Fu, X.*, & Lin, B. (2021). Profiling literary tourists: A motivational perspective. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 22, 100659. (SSCI)
- Fu, X., Lin, B., & Wang, Y. C.* (2020). Healthy food exposition attendees’ purchasing strategies: a mental budgeting perspective. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 33(7), 2352-2370. (SSCI)
- Fu, X., Lin, B., Wang, Y. C.*, & Sun, Y. (2020). Memorable Boat Show Experiences: Examining the Mechanisms of Value and Mianzi from the Perspective of High-end Chinese Attendees. Journal of China Tourism Research, 1-22.
- Lin, B.*, & Fu, X. (2020). Gaze and tourist-host relationship – State of the art. Tourism Review, 76(1), 138-149. (SSCI)
- Fan, D. X.*, Hsu, C. H., & Lin, B. (2020). Tourists’ experiential value co-creation through online social contacts: Customer-dominant logic perspective. Journal of Business Research, 108, 163-173. (SSCI)
- Lin, P. M.*, Qiu Zhang, H., Hung, K., Lin, B., & Fan, D. X. (2019). Stakeholders’ views of travelers’ choice of Airbnb. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 36(9), 1037-1049. (SSCI)
- Fan, D.*, Buhalis, D., & Lin, B. (2019). A tourist typology of online and face-to-face social contact: destination immersion and tourism encapsulation/decapsulation. Annals of Tourism Research, 78, 102757, 1-16. (SSCI)
Book Chapter
- Fu, X., & Lin, B. (2022). Well-being. The Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing (pp. 732-735). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Conference paper
- Lin, B., & Fu, X. Ask a robot to be your guide? Investigating the educational entertainment in museums. (2023). The 8th Annual SECSA CHRIE Conference, Orlando, USA.
- Lin, B., & Fu, X. (2023). Entertainment experience in tourism and hospitality: A systematic literature review. The 8th Annual SECSA CHRIE Conference, Florida, USA.
- An, Q., Lin, B., Fu, X., Ozturk, AB., & Hua, N. (2023). Assessing the Effects of User-Generated Contents on Tourists’ Visiting Intention. The 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality & Tourism, California, USA.
- Lin, B., Fu, X., & Murphy, K. (2023). Dissecting the mechanism of foodstagramming: Drivers and consequences of customer engagement. The 28th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, California, USA.
- Lin, B., Fu, X., & Lu, L. (2022). Foodstagramming as a self-presentational behavior. The 27th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, Texas, USA.
- Lin, B., Fu, X., & Wang, Y. (2021). A conceptualization of technology-facilitated tourism mobilities mechanism. The 6th World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality, Florida, USA.
- Lin, B., Fu, X., & Hancer, M. (2021). Food experience during travel: Understanding foodstagramming and social presence on social media. 26th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, Houston, USA.
- Lin, B., Wang, Y., & Hua, N. (2021). Self-presentation mechanism in travel experience sharing: A self-determination theory approach. The 6th World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality, Florida, USA.
- Lin, B., & Fu, X. (2020). Understanding tourist gaze through customer-to-customer interaction grounded in customer-dominant logic. 25th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, Nevada, USA.
- Lin, B., & Fu, X. (2020). Viewing tourist-host relationship through gaze: A critical analysis of current knowledge. The 25th Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, Nevada, USA.
Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
- Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
- Tourism Review
- Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism